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WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1930. PAGE B—1 REMAINS INDICATE BURIALS N GARDEN OF BRICK CAPITOL Bones Tentatively Identified as Human, but Insignia Is Sought. GRAVE IN ARLINGTON AWAITS IDENTIFICATION Interments of Civil War Soldiers Prisoners Legendary But Uncertain. or One of the two legendary graves in the garden of the Old Brick Capitol was excavated yesterday by workmen from Arlington Cemetery, with the re- sult, according to Capt. Gwynne Con- rad of the Quartermaster Corps, who directed the operation, that “it seems probable that the place was used for human burials.” 1 Bones uncovered by the excavators were classified tentatively as those of human beings, but there was no evi- dence as to their identity. ! The Quartermaster Corps, says Capt. Conrad, has decided to suspend opera- tions there, but will request David Lynd, architect of the Capitol, to keep a sharp lookout in the progress of excavating for the neW building for any more bones, and especially for any articles that may have been on the bodies, such as belt buckles or uniform buckles, which would tend to identify them as soldiers. Little Evidence. Until the excavations yesterday there has been little actwal evidence to sup- port the persistent legend that soldiers, possibly Confederate spies or prisoners of war, were buried under unmarked stones hidden by the shrubbery. The ©Old Brick Capitol was used as a Fed- eral prison during the Civil War and at least one execution took place there. Capt. Conrad said that if any rea- sonable connection can be established between bones found under the old gar- den and military service they will be buried among the unknown soldiers in the National Cemetery. Meanwhile, the material uncovered yesterday “is being held Miss Fanny Wolfson of the League of American Pen Women, Who lived in the old building for several years while it was the headquarters of the National Woman's Party, is confident that the Benjamin Weinberg looking over o BURGLARS SMASH SAFE, TAKING $3.000 Gold, Cash and $500 Stock Certificate Are Taken From Dental Office. Gold, cash and securities worth more excavation yesterday has justified her ersistent contention that soldiers were Eurled in the garden. Buried Soldiers in Uniforms. 1t is pointed out, however, that its use as lpoprlson during the Civil War was only one incident in the history of the old building. It also has been used as a private dwelling house and as a ‘boarding house. The probability is that soldiers, either Confederate or Federal, ‘would have been buried in their uni- forms, and, if so, buttons and buckles should still remain after 70 years, dur- ing which most of the bones themselves ‘may have become dust. Doubtless, also, both prisoners and guards dropped such articles about the garden, and it would be necessary to find them in close prox- imity to recognized human bones for s of identification. p“r)?occsleuse of the use of the building as & prison, Confederate organizations as well as the War Department are inter- ested in the outcome of the excavations and the work yesterday was witnessed by Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor, repre- fenting the Daughters of the Con- federacy. The opening of the grave also was attended by Miss Wolfson and by A. C. Yzanaga, representing the archi- tect of the Capitol. AID TO PEACE SEEN IN KELLOGG NOTE Senator Shipstead Favors Sending Interpretation of Monroe Doc- trine to Latin Nations. Peace would be advanced should the State Department send the Kellogg note {nterpreting the Mnroe doctrine to all | Lat American countries, Senator | Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, suggested in the Senate yesterday. The note was prepared by Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State, for communication to Central and South American countries, but has mever been transmitted. Slélpsleld. during an address on the . London mnaval treaty diverted his re- marks to the note. “To send this letter to all the Latin | American countries,” he said, “would be in the interest of peace, and I hope will have the deterring effect on our | military intervention in foreign coun- tries without the sanction of Congress.” | Prior to this the Minnesota Senator had referred to the s’kll;u:lmx of marines to Nicaragua and Haiti. He s:ni‘dg“l’residen: Hoover showed a “lot of courage” in asking Congress Jast year for a commission to go to Haiti in view of the Haitian policy in the preceding 15 years. MAN AND WOMAN GIVEN t LIQUOR LAW SENTENCES 45-Day Terms Are Meted Out on Each of Four Charges, to Run Concurrently. May Spicer of the first block of New | York avenue, with John H. Schrader, charged with four violations of the prohibition law, was sentenced to 45 days' confinement on each by Judge Jsaac R. Hitt at Police Court. The magistrate decided that the terms were to run concurrently. ‘The two arrests were made by the vice squad, under the leadership of Sergt. John Leach, successor to Lieut. O. J. Letterman. As charges were al- ready pending against the man and woman _Assistant District _Attorney David A. Hart combined the three charges of possession and maintaining & nuisance into one count. Both pleaded suilty, SCOUTS TO GO TO CAMP iper cent, but an increase in Volstead than $3,000 were stolen late last night | by burglars who smashed into the Davidson & Weinberg dental labora- tories at 1306 H street. Police were unable to find any trace of the burglars today. _The loot included $2,000 worth of | dental gold, $605 in cash and a $500 | stock certificate. The yeggs also gained entrance to; the offices of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., across the hall. They | apparently were frightened away be- fore they had an opportunity to crack a safe there. They were believed to | have fled from the insurance offices | with the approach of Benjamin Wein- berg, joint proprietor of the dental firm. ‘Weinberg visited his laboratories at 11:30 p.m. to turn off gas jets used in vulcanizing and drying work. He sum- | moned police on discovering two large | safes had been ripped open and ran- | sacked. However, Weinberg said no | noise emanated from the insurance of- fices. | Lieut. Edward J. Ke.ly, chief of the | homicide and safe squad, accompanied by John W. Wise and J. J. Tolson, headquarters detectives, investigated. No fingerprints or other clues were found. The cracksmen had gained en- trance by scaling the roof of an ad- Jjoining structure and forcing open a window. The robbers had opened the safes by knocking off the dials and hammering the spindles. All of the loot was taken from one. safe, the other containing little of value. The safe in the offices of the insurance company also showed signs of having been tampered with. Tools used in the robbery were aban- doned on the scene. Police believe the “job” was the work of the same professional cracksmen who have robbed several other similar estab- lishments here recently. o FEWER ARRESTS SHOWN IN CAPTIAL Net Decline Is Reported Despite the Increase in Dry Law Violations. In spite of a large increase in arrests | for violations of the Volstead law, the total number of arrests for all causes in the National Capital is declining, according to figures released yesterday by Capt. L. I H. Edwards, personnel officer of the Police Department. The comparisons, made between the three months ended June 30, last, and the same three months in 1929, show | & net decrease in all arrests of 13.7 law arrests of 46.8 per cent. Arrests for misdemeanors show a decline of 16 per cent and those for drunkenness an increase of 8.7 per cent. The figures from which these per- centages are drawn show that in the 1930 period there were 28,354 arrests in the District, a decrease of 4,499 from the 1929 period. Arrests for misde- meanors declined to 5811 from 6,916, and those for the Volstead. violations increased from 1,113 to 1,635. There was a heavy decrease in ar- rests for traffic offenses, from 17,772 Jast night in the dental laberatory in the 1300 block of H street. cash and securities worth more than $3,000 were stolen. ne of the two safes that were cracked Dental gold, —Star Staff Photo. JOHN R. LEACH. LEACH LEADS MEN ON GAMBLING RAID Letterman’s Successor Ar-| rests Five in First Foray Since Appointment. ‘Taking command of the police vice squad for the first time since he was appointed by the District Commissioners to succeed Sergt. Oscar J. Letterman, Sergt. John R. Leach led his men into action this morning in two raids, which resulted in the arrest of five men on charges of permitting gaming. Lorenzo Tanner, colored, 22 years old, of 815 Second street southwest, and Henry Mahoney, colored, 23 years old, of 822 Second street southwest, were taken into custody when the squad raided a newsstand opposite the market at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue, In a rald on 926 Louisiana avenue members of the vice squad arrested Pete Mantho, 48 years old, of 730 Sixth street southwest; Peter Poulos, 38 years old, of 416 Pennsylvania avenue, and J given the rank of precinct detective in the recent reorganization of the Po- lice Department, and Pvts. James A. Mostyn and C. L. Van Meter. All three officers served under Sergt. Let- terman until the latter was promoted to a lieutenancy in the sixth precinct under the reorganization plan. . DARR WILL ADDREgS JUNIOR CITIZENS’ GROUP Importance of National Repre- sentation for Distriet Will Be Stressed. Charles W. Darr, president of the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce, will address the Junior Citizens’ Alliance at a meeting in the board room of the chamber in the Homer Building to night at 8:15 o'clock. Mr, Darr an- nounced today that he will stress the importance of mnational representation for the District, An address also is to be delivered at the meeting by Capt. H. W. Chapman of the District Fire Department. Fire Chief George S. Watson will be guest to 14,357, at the meeting. GETTING ROBBED If a man goes into & house, buys a 100 Boys and Leaders Will Inl§a on Monday. One hundred Scouts and leaders from Maryland troops of the District of Co- lumbia Council of Boy Scouts will leave for Camp Roosevelt Monday. The trip will require a week and will start with a boat trip down the Po- tomac to Indian Head. A cross-country trip through Mason Springs, Pomonky, ‘Waldorf and Lower Marlboro will land the boys at Camp Roosevelt. They will Temain at the camp about a week, couple of drinks of whisky, “passes out,” and is subsequently relieved of his wi nd money, it is unfortunate but h:‘fll:l-no 1 ‘y;klck" against the pro- prietors of house, the District at- torney's Police Court office ruled today. Ammon- Tate, 25 Sixteenth street southeast, informed ninth precinct lice that it took just two drinks of fioquor from a Wylle court northeast ut “him under the table.” ‘ednesday. Some time ye: terday Tate awakened to find his §2 gold watch as well as some ‘“cash” missing. - home to "'WHILE DRUNK NOT ILLEGAL, VICTIM IS TOLD Judge Refuses to Press Charge Against Occupants of of House Named by Man. Police thought this a golden oppor- tunity to enter the Wylie court resi- dence, where they found three quarts of liquor as well as Tate's belongings. Lewis Thomas and Joseph Warren, both colored, were arrested and charged with possession of liquor and robbery. John R. Fitzpatrick, assistant Dis- trict attorney, refused to press the robbery charges against the two men, declaring Tate was breaking the law himself, and it was just “tough luck” that he lost the wafch and money. “He took the risk when he went into the place,” said Fitzpatrick. “We are certainly not going to stand for a case of this nature,” HISTORIG VIRGINIA SECTION PLANNED | AS 3. MONUMENT Project on Famed Peninusula Authorized Under Terms of Cramton Bill. AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS IS ALREADY OBTAINED)| Party From Park Service Will| Leave Next Week for Prelimi- nary Examination. One of the most famous portions of | the United States, historically and| scenically, easily accessible from Wash- ington by auto, water and rail, will be set apart in the near future for the| permanent “benefit and enjoyment of | the people” if present plans of the National Park Service are carried into effect. Congressional authority has al- ready been obtained and preliminary plans are now under consideration. The section includes Jamestown Island, Wil- liamsburg and the Battlefield of York- town, all on the famous Peninsula of Virginia. It was at Jamestown Island that the first permanent English settlement in America was made. The first represent- ative assembly on this continent was held in Williamsburg, Colonial capital of Virginia, and at Yorktown the inde- pendence of the United States was won. A. E. Demaray, acting director of the National Park Service, with two assist- ants, will leave Washington next week, he announced today, to make a prelim- inary examination of this area. The plan, as outlined in the Cramton bill enacted at the last session of Congress, is that the historic land at these three spots shall be acquired by the United States and then connected by scenic roadways, also owned and maintained by the Federal Government. The whole area will be known as the “Colonial National Monument.” National monu- ments are similar to national parks, except that they are usually set aside | chiefly on account of -their historic or | scientific interest rather than on ac- count of their scenic value. Survey of Project Directed. Under the terms of the Cramton bill the President is authorized to estab- lish this area as a national monument upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, who is directed to make a survey of the whole project before | advising_the President. The Secretary of the Interior is| authorized to acquire the land either by gift or purchase, and the bill carries an authorization of $500,000 for the examination, purchase and maintenance of the proposed national monument area. With Mr. Demaray will go O. G. Tay- lor, one of the national park engineers, and Hefbert L. Brooks of the National Park Service, to ald in the preliminary study of the area. Later men will be sent to make an actual survey of the various sections under consideration, all with a view to making a recom- mendation to the Secretary of the In- terior which will enable him to advise the President with regard to issuing a proclamation setting aside the land per- manently for public purposes. “Our immediate interest,” said Mr. Demaray, “is in the battlefield of York- town. The bill authorizes the Govern- ment to acquire not to exceed 2,000 acres of land on the battlefield as part of the monument. We hope to get this land prior to October, 1931, when the | 150th _anniversary of the surrender of | the British at Yorktown will be observed. Problems Must Be Overcome. “On that occasion there will be thou- | sands of troops and probably thousands of visitors at Yorktown. If we acquire this portion of the proposed new na- | tional monument ahead of this celebra- tion we may be able to install a water supply and sanitary facilities which will not only be convenient for those who attend the week-long celebration of the Yorktown surrender but will become a permanent part of the facilities in the new Colonial monument authorized by Congress, “We expect that this area will become one of the most interesting and impor- tant in the whole United States, drawing each year thousands of visitors. We recognize, however, that there are sev- eral difficult problems to be overcome before the area can be set aside for public use. We hope to have the co- operation of the owners of land which we may desire to acquire in order that we may avoid condemnation proceed- ings. Such proceedings, while they would be entered upon if necessary, might sericusly interfere with the Sesquicen- tennial at Georgetown in 1931. “We expect to have the co-operation of the Virginia Conservation Commis- sion in all this work. We want to treat the owners fairly, but we are un- der an obligation to the Government to acquire the land at a reasonable val- uation. “The State of Virgihia proposes to acquire Jamestown Island and contrib- ute it as its ghare to the Colonial Na- tional Monument. What portion of Wil- liamsburg will eventually be included in the Government area will probably depend largely upon the actions of John D. Rockefeller, jr, who is paying for the restoration of the Colonial capital of Virginia. “The success of the whole plan de- | pends to a great extent on local co-op- eration and fair dealing with the Gov- ernment by those who own the land which we may desire to include in the monument.” NAMED STENOGRAPHER Mrs. Hazel H. Roberts Appointed to Serve Secretary Stimson. Mrs. Hazel Harriman Roberts of this city today was appointed personal stenographer to Secretary Stimson of the State Department to fill a vacancy. A native of this city she attended the Business High School and afterward served as secretary to Representative L. C. Dyer of Missouri, from 1923, until June 1, 1928, when she received a Civil Service appointment as a clerk in the Stenographic Division of the State Department, and served there until her promotion to her present position in the office of Secretary Stimson. DR. W. S. HESS ELECTED Hagerstown Man Heads Presbyter- ian Committee of 4 States and D. C. PEN MAR, Pa, July 11 (#).—Rev. Dr. W. S. Hess of Hagerstown, Md., to- day held the presidency of the reunion committee of the Presbyterian churches of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, ‘The almost unrecognizable wreckage of the airplane which crashed yester- evening on the farm of E. E. Stup, near Laytonsville, Md., killing the pilot and a student fiyer, as the family and friends of Leonard O. Sabine waited to welcome him home. At right is Sabine, the pilot, who lost his life. day rns prave cxasn | AGREEMENT SEEN FLYER IS KILLED WITH PASSENGER Plane Wings Crumple Landing in Sight of Fam- ily in Maryland. in By a Staff Correspondent of The St LAYTONSVILLE, Md.,, July 11.—With his sweetheart, mother, sister and brother watching him as he prepared to land, Leonard Orville Sabin, 24 years old, was killed instantly last. evening when a wing of his plane came off in midair and he crashed to the ground at terrific speed. His companion, Myron L. Bennett, 29 years old, of 95 New Hall street, New Haven, Conn., also was killed. Death came in the manner in which the young pilot had repeatedly told his fam! he wanted to die. But a few months ago, when his father had at- tempted to dissuade him from a career as an aviator, he-had replied: “If I die fiying, Il die happy.” Near Sweetheart's Home. The accident occurred within a_half mile of the home of Miss Bugenia War- field, to whom he was engaged to marry. The Warfield farm is on the Gaithers- burg-Laytonsville road, about 2 miles from here, and the dairy farm of Mr. and Mrs, Leslie R. Sabine, the aviator's parents, Is about 2 miles farther on the road to Gaithersburg. Young Sabine and Bennett were fly- ing from the Hamden Airport lt Ham- den, Conn., where Mr. Sabine was an instructor and chief pilot, to the Sabine farm for a short vacation. They had telegraphed Miss Warfield the time they would fly past her house. The plane arrived 20 minutes ahead of schedule, but the young woman was in the yard waving as it went by. It was less than 100 yards beyond the house that the wing came off. George, 9-year-old brother of Sabine, sighted the plane and called his mother and 13-year-old sister Eleanor out of the house to watch just in time to see the crash. Was Flying Low. According to several residents of the neighborhood it was dusk and Sabine was flying the plane at an altitude of about 200 feet, confident in his knowl- edge of the terrain. * Coming into sight of Miss Warfield and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Warfleld, and their younger daughter Rachel, he swerved near to the house and then zoomed up and away. Both wings on the right side of the plane suddenly buckled, were whipped back against the side of the plane and torn off, falling into a field owned b J. O. Williams. Then the top wii on the other side of the biplane cracked and was ripped off. As the plane dropped, twisting crazily in the air, Mr. Sabine apparently put the engine into top speed in an attempt to make a three-point landing. He managed to bring the ship down on its wheels and tail skid, but was unable to check the speed of the disabled craft in time to prevent it crashing into a stout wire fence. The terrific impact tore away a long portion of the fence and hurled the plane over on its back, completely de- molishing it. The wreckage hardly could be recognized as that of an air- plane. The landing was on the farm of E. E. Stup. Mr. Stup, J. O. Williams and his son W. B. Williams, witnessed the accident and hurried to the scene. They found both bodies mangled and life extinct. | The wings were ‘later discovered 500 yards from the body of the airship. ‘Was Tech Athlete. Sabine was well known in Wash- ington several years ago as an_ athlete at McKinley High School. He was graduated there in 1925 after winning his _letter in foot ball for three years, in base ball his senior year. He also was a member of the rifle team, the swimming team and theé radio club. After his graduation he worked on tite farm of his father, a well to do dairyman and farmer, for two years. When Col. Lindbergh made his trans- atlentic flight, the young man became fired with a desire to be an aviator and dispite the vigorous protests of his family went to Dallas, Tex., where he completed the course in the flying school. Returning home, he bought a plane with Jack Warfield, brother of his | rel |t sweetheart, and Harold Hargett, who lived nearby. The.trio made many trips together and Mr. Sabine had be- come an accomplished pilot when he obtained a position at the Hamden Alrport. ‘The bodles were turned over to Roy Barber, Laytonsville undertaker. The craft in which he met his death was a nine-cylinder bi-plane, 220 horsepower, and belonged to the airport corporation by which he was employed. Surviving Sabine are his parents, two brothers, Walter, 21 years old, and George, 9 years old, and two sisters, Eleanor, 13, and Elizabeth, 2 years old. Funeral services will be held at his home at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow affer- noon. A reader of the Christlan Science Church will officiate. The body will be cremated. Pool Room Robbed. Entering a pool Toom at 2007 Georgia avenue last night by way of a rear ‘West Virginia and Washington, D. C. Mr, Hess was elected late yesterday to fill the vacancy created by the resig- nation of Rev. Dr. Walter J. Hogue of York, Pa. window, ~ which the¥l forced open, thieves made off with a quantity of assorted cigarettes valued at $109, the proprietor, Arthur Luks, reported to police of No. 8 precinct. MEMORIAL DRIVE SUCCESS 15 SEEN Gifts Average More Than 501 Cents, Report to Ceneral Labor Union Shows. Contributions from members of labor unions in the District of Columbia to the fund to complete financing of the local War Memorial are averaging more than 50 cents each, Frank W. Lee, chairman of the campaign committee, ported to the Central Labor Union. At this rate the campaign for $20,000 raise the funds to the goal of $155,000 will be a financial success, Mr. Lee told the central body in an encouraging re- port which took in many phases of the campaign. Many substantial donations are being received from individuals, Mr. Lee reported, in addition to the gifts from the regular campaigns among the union groups. One of the fast-growing campaign organizations is the Dollar Club, Mr. Lee reported. He has appointed James E. Toone, organizer of the American Federation of Labor, to supervise the operation of this club, which was in- augurated by R. A. Dickson, secretary of the campaign committee. The Dollar Club is now being con- ducted hy a committee consisting of 26, as follows: James 8. Judge, Frank Fa- brizio, jr., and John Neumeyer of the Press Assistants’ Union; Francis Miller, Thomas E. Franklin and Thomas A. Mc~ Donough of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post, American Legion; Cornelfus Ryan, Web Pressmen'’s Union; John Botts, steamfitters; C. E. Flana- gan and Fred Walker, Tpyographical Union; Wilbur Sartwell, Post Office Clerks; H. M. Rothgeb, Milk Wagon Drivers; Mrs. Rosle Thomas and Gaynor Mahoney, Federal Employes’ Union No. 71; Frank J. Coleman and James Wind- sor, Plate Printers’ Union; Walter Moore and J. A. Goodwin, Local No. 96, Op- erative Plasterers and Cement Finishers’ International Association; C.W. Michael and G. D. Murphy, Moving Picture Op- eartors No. 224; W. J. Murphy and W. S. Payne, Firemen and Oilers No. 63; Richard Ashby and Roy Delphy, Musi- clans No. 161, and O. E. Bucher and F. J. Wilson, Local No. 5, International Assoclation of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers’ Union. Mr. Lee reported that 20,000 receipts had been sent out to the various unions, and from these a substantial return is expected. BAREFOOT FlJI CHIEFS FLY OVER WASHINGTON Australian Missionary Brings Strangely Clad Pair to Field, From Adventists’ Convention Washington™ Airport had an inter- national atmosphere yesterday after- noon when two barefoot Fiji Island chieftains and 50 Cuban school teach- ers went on sightseeing trips by air over the National Capital. It was the first airplane ride for the Fijlans and, through an_interpre- ter, they expressed their delight with | the experlence and said they are anx- | ious to get home to tell the home-town | folks all about the trip. The chiefs, Jiali Tikowal of Lau and Setaraki Ceveca of Suva, attracted more attention than the airplanes when they arrived at the field wearing black knee-length skirts and short | jackets. They were accompanied by | A. G. Stewart, Australian missionary, | who brought them to the National Capital for the conference of Seventh- Day Adventists now in session at Takoma Park, Md, The chiefs and Mr. Stewart made the flight over the city in a Ryan cabin monoplane piloted by William De Wald. RELATIVES SAY LUPESCU IS NOW IN SWITZERLAND Declare Former Companion, of King Carol Has Not Returned to Rumania. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, July 11.—Relatives of Mme. Magda Lepuscu today declared that the former companion of Prince Carol, now ! King of Rumania, during his exile in France is in Switzerland and never has been in Rumania since she agreed with Carol not to return there. Her family said they had learned 2 WOMEN AND BOY HURT IN TRAFFI Two of Victims Seriously In- jured, Resulting in Arrest of Auto Drivers. ' Two women and a 7-year-old boy iwere injured, the women seriously, in | traffic accidents last night which re- sulted in the arrest of two drivers figuring in the mishaps. Mrs. Catherine Matthews, 60 years old, of 323 B street southeast was rushed to Casualty Hospital with severe hurts after a machine, operated by Mrs. Ruth W. Bagnall, 31, of 236 Mas- sachusetts avenue northeast, struck her at Massachusetts avenue and North Capitol street. Mrs. Matthews was found to be suf- fering from a broken right arm, broken nose, lacerations of the head, left leg and face, possible fracture of the skull, shock and probable internal injuries. The driver was taken to the House of Detention by sixth precinct police to be held pending the outcome of Mrs. Mat- thews’ injuries. Hurt in Collision. A collision at Thirteenth and Ken- nedy streets between an automobile in which she was riding with her hus- band and Otto Voigg, 23, of Baltimore, Md., caused serious injury to Mrs, Hazel Wolcott, 38, of 5336 Colorado avenue. Mrs. Wolcott was removed to Gar- field Hospital with internal injuries, lacerations of legs and arms. Dr. G. J. Grant of the hospital staff reported that the woman's condition is serious. The husband, Charles A. Wolcott, es- caped with a minor knee injury. Voigg was arrested by thirteenth pre- cinct police and charged with assault and-operating a car with bad brakes. Boy’s Leg Fractured. A fractured left leg was suffered by John Koory, 7 years old, of 500 Four- and-a-half street southwest, in an acci- dent at Third street and Virginia ave- nue. A machine driven by Carl P. Jettson, 44 years old, of 248 Eighth street southeast felled the youth, who walked into the side of the car, ac- cording to police. The youngster was taken to Emergency Hospital for treat- ment. (SESE SRR s PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD DIRECTOR IS HONORED Standing Rule Against Giving Gifts to Executives Broken by Subordinates. Rebellion broke out in the ranks of the Board of Public Welfare today, and at last reports it had been completely successful. One of the standing rules enforced by Director George S. Wilson is that subordinates shall not give gifts to the executives. He came to work today and found a large bouquet of flowets on his desk, and a handsome onyx desk set in place of the old official fixtures. It was his thirtieth anniversary in the District service. He served for 26 years as sec- retary of the Board of Charities and for four years as director of public wel- fare. He looked at the evidence of in- subordination with a smile, and re- marked that if he had come to the point where he couldn’t enforce his or- ders, “it must be time to get out.” The flowers were the gift of the office staff and the desk set of the superin- tendents of the various institutions under control of the board. that she was engaged to an American, | whom she would marry soon. | Reports in Europe and America had | sald Mme. Lepuscu had returned to Rumania and that she ‘had dyed her titlan hair black. ] OCULIST RAPS LIQUOR NEW YORK, July 11 (#).—“Bootleg liquor_is playing havoc with the eyes | of thousands of American people,” said Dr. John J. Hogan, New York eye spe- clalist, before sailing for a tour of Europe. Dr.p!!!onn. who has been John D. Rockefeller's ‘oculist for 38 years, said most of the cases are atrophy of the retina and of the optic nerve, which, he said, is caused by drinking bad liquor. Many of the patients are in a deplorable condition and total blind- ness frequently results, he declared. J BOYS’ CAMP POPULAR Record Attendance Rxpected for Second Period at Mount Victoria. A record-breaking attendance is ex- pected at Camp Reeder, the camp of the Boys' Club of Washingtony on the Wicomico River at Mount Victoria, Md., at the second camping period of this season, beginning Monday, it was an- nounced today. Many athletic contests and other events feature the eamping season. The first period program included a track meet, swimming meet and a fireworks display. ‘The camp is open to all boys of Wash- ington between the ages of 9 and 14, and information and application blanks may be secured by calling or writing to the ciub at 230 C street northwest, it is announced. INLATHING STRIKE BYLABOR LEADERS Employer and Employe Groups Willing to Continue Negotiations. JELLEFF CONTRACTOR GRANTS INCREASE OF $1 Union Cafpenters Hired on One Building to Avoid Walkout by Other Tradesmen. Belief that an amicable agreement would be reached between employing contractors and union labor spokesmen involved in the strike of lathers, who have tied up part of the construction of a number of large buildings here in support of their demands for a $2 in- crease in wages, was voiced this morning in official labor circles. Both sides have expressed willingness to continue negotiations, although offi- clals of the Employing Plasterers’ Asso- clation have voted definitely reject- ing the increase from $12 to $14 per day. Union Carpenters Employed. Members of the International Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers’ Union con- tinued on strike. At least in one case work on a large project was resumed with the employment of union car- penters to replace the striking lathers. In the case of the addition to the store building of Frank R. Jellefl, Inc., it was reported, the general contractor agreed to pay an increase of $1 in. wages for lathers and work was con- tinued by the union men affected. In all other cases, it is declared in - em- ployer circles, the demands of the union for an immediate increase from $12 to $13 per day and for a future in- crease to $14 per day, effective Octo- ber 1, was rejected. Charles E. Young, secretary of the Washington Building Trades Council, told The Star today that the joint labor body “would not countenance the em- ployment of non-union men” to do the work of the striking union lathers. ‘Will Avoid Sympathy Strike. ‘The employers’ spokesmen state, how- ever, that they have no thought of employing non-union men to replace the striking lathers, and thus bring about a situation in which non-union men would be working alongside union men of other trades, which, it is inti- %t:d, might precipitate a sympathetic strike. The substitute workmen who have been employed on one project to re- place the union lathers, and which it is understood other affected contractors plan to employ, unless the strike is settled, are union carpenters, a large number of whom have been out of work for some time in Washington, due to depression in the construction industry. BUILDING RENTAL IS DEMANDED OF U, S. Former Owner of Bieber Structure Claims Sale Contract Not Kept. Declaring that the United States re- fused to pay rent for the Bieber,Build- ing, 1358 B street southwest, from February 1, 1930, to February 24, when the negotiations for the sale of the building were concluded, Margaret B, Smith, former owner of the property, today asked the District Supreme Court for a judgment against the Government for $3,764.88 as the proportional part of the monthly rental of the property. Through Attorneys Daniel Thew Wright and Douglas, Obear & Douglas the plaintiff tells the court that she made a contract with the United States for the sale of the property for $642,300, in which it was set forth that taxes and rentals were to be adjusted to date of settlement. She paid the taxes, she said, to February 24 and expected the Government_would pay the rent up to that date. This, she asserts, the Gov- ernment declined to pay, and she asks the court to compel payment. BROTHER SEEKS $52,200 FROM McINNIS ESTATE Page Laundry Owner Borrowed Sums in Business Negotiations, Says Harry J. McInnis. Declaring that his brother, Thomas C. McInnis, who died last October, owning the Page Laundry business and the property at 618-620 E street, val- ued in excess of $400,000, was indebted to him to the extent of $52,200, Harry J. McInnis yesterday asked the District Supreme Court to grant him a lien on the business and property for his al- leged debt. He named as defendant Michael M. Doyle, executor under the brother’s will. Through Attorneys Wilton J. Lam- bert, R. H. Yeatman and George D. Horning, jr, the plaintiff tells the court that prior to June 10, 1921, his brother had a half interest in the laun- dry business and advised the plaintiff that he wanted to buy out his partner and obtained an advance of $15,000 for that purpose. Later other loans were made in the interest of the business and for the improvement of the real estate, it is stated, until a total of $52,200 was due at the time of the death of the laundryman. FORMER PRISON INMATE IS AGAIN UNDER ARREST Police Declare Sylvester Thomas Has Admitted Housebreaking * and Larceny Charges. Sylvester Thomas, colored, 32 years old, whe is said by the police to have served time in the National Training Schoo! for Boys, the Federal peniten- tiary at Atlanta. Ga., and the District Jail, is again in custody. He was ar- rested last night by Detectives J. L. Bill- man, Curtis Trammell, M. J. Dowd and A. O'Dea. * . Thomas, who is known under the alias of Johnson, is charged with house- breaking and grand larceny, and police say he has admitted his guilt and to have said he spent the stolen money for liquor and lost some of it Ylmbllnl The prisoner has recently been em-: vloyed as porter at the District National Bank, it is stated, and one charge ngainst him involves the robbing of the drug store in the bank building,